Lawn-rake and seed-brush.



E. W. WEST.

AAAAAAAAAA D SEED BRUSH.

ing at Gloversville,

ERNEST WINTON WEST, or

GLOVERSVILLE, NEW YORK.

LAWN-RAKE. AND SEED-BRUSH.

pecification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 3, 1914.

Application filed September 26, 1913. Serial N 0. 782,046.

To all wwm it may concem Be it known that I ERNEST WINTON Was'r, a citizen of the' United States, residcounty of Fulton, and State of New York,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Lawn- 'Rakes andSeed-Brushes, of whichthe following is a specification. 4

The invention relates to such' improvements and consists in the novelConstruction and 'combination of parts hereinafter de-` V scribed andsubsequently claimed.

" ing drawings,

'shown as a suitable support for,

an ordinary garden-rake Reference may be had to the accompanyand thereference characters marked thereon, which fornr a part of thisspecification. Similar characters refer to similar parts 'in the severalfigures therein.

Figure l of the drawings is a view in per- Aspective of my improvedlawn-rake-andseed-brush attached to the'back of an Ordinary rake. Fig. 2is aview in front elevation of the IaWn-rake-and seed-brush detached. A

The 'principal Object of 'the invention is t0 provide a deviceparticularly adapted for removing dead grass, leaves and other refusefrom a lawn, and for brushing lawn-seed into the soil of the lawn. t

Other 'Objects will' appear in connection with the followingdescription.

Refer'rng to the drawings wherein the invention .is shown in preferredform, I have my improved device, comprising a head, 1, teeth, 2,and'handle, 3. In using such a rake as .a support and handle for myimproved device, I invert the rake so that its teeth project upward asshown in Fig'. 1.

' to rear.

My' improved lawirrake-and-seed-brush comprises a series of ingresilient teeth or w'ijs, each row comprislng a plurality or series ofteeth with the Spaces between the neighbprng rows' unobstructed. p

As shown in the drawings, each row of' teeth comprises Six teeth,4,'foi'med pairs by b`ending-` ieces of spring-wire to hairpin orstaple-form.` The wires so be'nt are clamped between a front-plate,`. 5,and a back-p1ate,46, by means of screws, 7, and nuts, 8, With suitable-s`pacing-blooks 9, separatin the neighboring wires from frontcover-plate,

tion by the screws, 7, extends over the 1oops` "mma row yieldt" 10, alsoheld in posi-v I or bends in the wires preventing upward nuts, 12.' Theback-plate; 6, is notched or.

recessed at 13, to receive the handle, 3, of the arden-rake.

T e'teeth, 4, in each row vary somewhat in length m regular order fromfront to the device is in use with the rak-handle, 3, held in convenientposition, the teeth project obliquely rearward With their points allSimultaneously engag- -ing the ground. Y

' In use the device is drawn along'the lawn by means of the handle, 3,for which operation Very little force is required, due to the rear, sothat when prising a support, and numerous flexible and parallel, mountedupon said su port, a said teeth beingarranged in a'series o rowsunobstructed Spaces between the' neighboring rows, each row containing aseries of teethspaced. 'apart to rearward movement of the teeth.

prising a support and numerous flexible 'resilient Wire teeth extendingall substanrear. n

arrangement of the wire-teeth in parallel ,O 1. A device of the classdescribed comresilient wire teeth, all substantially straight extendingirectly from front to rear with tially 'parallel obliquelyrearward fromsaid support, said teeth being a rranged in a :series of rows extendingfrom front to/ rear v .with unobstructed Spaces between'the neigh-boring rows, each row containing a plrality' of teeth successivelylonger from front to i permit independent 3100 2. A device of the' classdescribed com- 3. A device of the class described comprising a supporthaving flanges adapted to receive the head of an ordinary -gardenrake,and having means whereby it is adapted to be clamped thereupon; and nu:

merous fiexible reslientwre teeth projecting all substantially paralleloblqueiy real'- Ward from said support, said teeth being arranged -in aseries of roWs extendng *from front to rear With a phlrality of teeth inthe several rows.

4. A device of the class descrbed comprising a pair of plates havingflanges i adapted' to receive the head of an ordinary

